The right wants to paint Manchesterism in terms of north v south – but poverty everywhere is solved by prioritising the public purse over private pockets, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

It comes amid fears that Mr Burnham's closest advisers and allies don't understand the countryside, while one MP warned him that poverty in the South can be just as bad as the…

The right wants to paint Manchesterism in terms of north v south – but poverty everywhere is solved by prioritising the public purse over private pockets, says Guardian columnist…